W301 Lesson Plan Template

Target Audience of the Lesson:

3rd grade students
Big Idea of the Lesson:
Students will learn how to describe the characteristics of their neighborhood by differentiating between physical or human features of their town. Students will understand that physical characteristics are naturally occurring and human features are man made.



Overall Goal for the Lesson:
Students will use the power point technology to present to the class the lay out of their own surrounding area. They will use slides to label each major feature and to describe whether these features are physical or human. This will allow students to share the features that make up their hometown, and also to learn from one another by peer teaching.
Indiana Content Standards Addressed: (Copy and paste entire standard from http://www.indianastandards.org/)
3.1.7 Use a variety of community resources — such as libraries, museums, and county historians — to gather information about the local community.
3.3.3 Explain that regions are areas that have similar physical and cultural characteristics, and locate the local community in a specific region.
3.3.6 Construct maps and graphs that show aspects of human/environment interaction in the local community.
ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed (Copy and paste from http://cnets.iste.org/students/)
Technology productivity tools
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.